Books like The Black Flamingo
12 books with a reading profile close to The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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Mockingbird
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Ten-year-old Caitlin Ann Smith lives with Asperger’s syndrome in a world of black-and-white rules and literal interpretations.
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Clap When You Land
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Twin sisters Camino and Yahaira Rios live separate lives in the Dominican Republic and New York City, unaware of each other’s existence.
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Love Letters to the Dead
by Ava Dellaira
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
When Laurel’s English teacher assigns a letter to a deceased person, the high school freshman begins a secret journal addressed to figures like Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Amy Winehouse.
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The Tiger Rising
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Twelve-year-old Rob Horton lives in a Florida motel with his father, mourning his mother’s death while repressing his grief through a skin rash on his legs.
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The Thing About Jellyfish
by Ali Benjamin
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
After her best friend Franny drowns, twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson stops talking.
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Suicide Notes
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Jeff Weeks is a fifteen-year-old who wakes up in a psychiatric ward after attempting suicide.
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Jacob Have I Loved
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Set on the isolated island of Rass in the Chesapeake Bay during the 1940s, the story follows Louise Bradshaw’s struggle to find an identity separate from her twin sister, Caroline.
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One for the Murphys
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Carley Connors is placed with the Murphys, a foster family in Massachusetts, after her mother's boyfriend injures her.
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Maame
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Twenty-five-year-old Maddie Wright spends her days navigating a high-pressure London office and her nights as the sole caregiver for her father, who struggles with late-stage Parkinson’s disease.
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Bridge to Terabithia
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Jess Aarons, a fifth-grader living in rural Virginia, spends his summer training to be the fastest runner in his school.
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Before I Die
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Sixteen-year-old Tessa Scott has lived with leukemia for four years and has decided to stop her medical treatments.
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